Friday, Aug 16, 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Small Press Publications of the 70s/80s — Capital Ballroom, Graduate 2nd
Floor.
A discussion of the importance and contributions of small press
magazines and zines, such as Nyctalops, Whispers,
Eldritch Tales, and Weirdbook, in keeping Mythos fiction alive.
Despite small budgets and circulation compared to national mainstream
magazines, they published many of the important genre writers working during
the period leading up and into the 80s mainstream horror boom. Panelists:
Paul Di Filippo (M), Tim Lonegan, Stephen Mark Rainey,
Darrell Schweitzer, Alan Tromp
Saturday, Aug 17, 5:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m.
W. H. Pugmire: Queen of the Sesqua Valley — South County Room, Omni 3rd
Floor
Wilum “Hopfrog” Pugmire (American, 1951 – 2019) came up as part of the
Seattle punk scene and publisher of the zine Punk Lust. A devotee of
Lovecraft, he was a leading writer and poet in neo-Lovecraftian fiction and
poetry from the 1980s until his death. Much of his work was set in the
fictional Sesqua Valley of the Pacific Northwest, and featured lush prose and
genderfluid eroticism. Panelists discuss his life and work. Panelists:
Thomas Broadbent, Nicole Cushing (M),
Stephen Mark Rainey, Peter Rawlik, Jeffrey Thomas
I'll have several books available at the Lovecraft eZine table, where you'll find proprietor/host Mike Davis scaring the pants off folks. I know I'll be seeing many of you there. Really looking forward to it.
